Our Adventures

Testing at St.Thomas’ Hospital with Dr. Adam Fox

Posted: 18 Feb 2013

Even more testing...and the last in the series. I set
up camp and spent all day with leading paediactric allergy
specialist Dr.Adam Fox at St.Thomas' Hospital in London.
He runs three allergy clinic's here each week and I was so thankful
to have the opportunity to meet more parents and children, hearing
their stories and experiences. I spent up to an hour with each of
them, taking them through Allergy Adventures to get their initial
thoughts, before giving each of them a little goody bag to take
home to test further.

It was great to see the children's faces light up as
I gave them glimpses of the characters and their adventures.
Hearing the parents positive comments and support, made over a year
and a half of hard work and late nights so worth it.

There's such a great team of nurse's and dietitian's
here and I would like to say a big thank you to all the parents who
allowed me to be present when it came to their child's consultancy
appointment, diagnosis and skin prick testing's. A highly
emotionally experience for the child and parent and one which I
hope to help make a little easier.

And yes, probably not the most of flattering of
pictures (it was taken at the end of a very long day). We were both
exhausted by the day's activities but a big step towards creating
an educational but fun new environment that children with food
allergies can enjoy.

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